Big deal, right? I mean, if an area runs out of numbers, they’ll need a new area code to keep up, right? Try telling that to whiny concerned Westsiders:

“It’s a cultural thing,” said Vonage spokeswoman Brooke Schulz. “If you are an actor or an agent, you want to have a 310, because 310 is synonymous with the area of Santa Monica, Brentwood, Beverly Hills ó all these places that have cachet in Los Angeles. When you have that 310 number, it says something about you.”

Dang, I remember when it was all 213 as far as the eye could see. And when 818 came it seemed appropriate given the differences between life on this side of the mountains and that side. Since then, 310 may have manifested a certain cachet, but I’m proud to be back in 213’s little island in the sea of 323.